MOONLIGHT Movie Review & Analysis

MOONLIGHT is a coming of age story that follows Chiron during three stages of life as he learns who about himself while he struggles with sexual identity.During each stage, he is called by a different name, either Little, Chiron or Black. MOONLIGHT was written and directed by Barry Jenkins.It stars Mahershala Ali (HIDDEN FIGURES), Janelle Monae (HIDDEN FIGURES), Naomie Harris (SKYFALL), Alex R. Hibbert, Ashton Sanders and Trevante Rhodes. Brad Pitt produced.

This is a really beautiful movie that’s more quiet and methodical than anything else.Each scene feels unhurried, as though the audience is really experiencing a piece of life. By leaping ahead and showing Chiron over three different stages of life, there’s a strong sense that life goes on and we as an audience are only privy to certain parts of it.

While I was willing to accept the narrative gaps, at the same time I wanted more, particularly from Juan (Mahershala Ali) and Teresa (Janelle Monae). Chiron’s story and life were interesting, but so were they.

For more about MOONLIGHT, including how the color blue is used as a theme throughout, take a look below: